Upcoming Free Accessibility Training Boutiques
Digital Books – Reading and Writing Accessible Books
April 25, 3:00-5:00 PM
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
EPUB is rapidly displacing PDF as the preferred non-proprietary format for digital books, but there are many formats available. This boutique will go over the different ways blind consumers can read a book accessibly, and the different needs for different kinds of books. After all, making a novel accessible is usually easier than doing so for a textbook. We will discuss resources for finding out how good a reading platform is, point out some good examples, and provide some guidance on how anyone making a book – whether it’s a self-publishing novelist, a teacher looking for the right format for a syllabus, or a publishing house – can do so without tripping up their blind readers. Please join us at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute on April 25, 3:00-5:00 p.m. for a free introduction. You can RSVP to cvangerven@nfb.org; space is limited. The address is 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place, Baltimore, MD 21230.
HTML with Accessibility in Mind
May 12, 8:00-10:00 AM
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
HTML provides the building blocks of accessible web design. Learn about how you can make different elements of a web page work for all your users with simple techniques. We will cover creating proper heading structure, forms, labeled images, CSS, link structure, and other topics. Please join us at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute on May 12, 8:00-10:00 a.m. for a free introduction. You can RSVP to cvangerven@nfb.org; space is limited. The address is 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place, Baltimore, MD 21230.
Accessible PDF Documents
May 23, 3:00-5:00 PM
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
Whether you are creating a PDF document or making an existing document usable, there are steps that will help you in the process. This two-hour boutique will cover some of the pitfalls and strategies that can make a cumbersome process less so. Please join us at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute on May 23, 3:00-5:00 p.m. for a free introduction. You can RSVP to cvangerven@nfb.org; space is limited. The address is 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place, Baltimore, MD 21230.
